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DECEMBER 2004

Beyond The Sethoscope:
CLEAR SCREEN
by Donald A. Feinfeld, M.D.

At some point in the program
the computer directives
menace the last free space;
the hidden command comes
                             CLEAR SCREEN

Sudden failing of light
in the phosphorus fires—
in one second, words vanish;
their after-image blinks out                             
                             CLEAR SCREEN

Primitive nerves, purged,
separate from paths that ran before.
Fossils vaporize, leaving
unexplained creation
                             CLEAR SCREEN

Male and female figures planted
in Paradise, not knowing
how they got there, cling
naked to each other
                             CLEAR SCREEN

Cain, sullen beside
his brother's body, reasons
when the story of drying blood
grows tiresome: the order comes
                             CLEAR SCREEN

Now he may move to Nod,
content his children
won't notice the thumb-print
flecking his face
                             CLEAR SCREEN

History can rise from ashes
after the arsonist's match,
but the wise know those cinders
scatter with any breath of wind
                             END PROGRAM

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